Abstract: Disclosed are an extruded honeycomb catalyst, a process for preparing the catalyst, a method for reducing NOx in the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine by using the catalyst, and a method for treatment of the emission gas generated from power plant comprising exposing the emission gas to the catalyst.

Abstract: Disclosed are an extruded honeycomb catalyst, a process for preparing the catalyst, a method for reducing NOx in the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine by using the catalyst, and a method for treatment of the emission gas generated from power plant comprising exposing the emission gas to the catalyst.

Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising—a support comprising TiO2,—a composite oxide containing vanadium and antimony, which has a rutile-type structure different from VSbO4 and V0.92Sb0.92O4 as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis with CuK? radiation, and—optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of silicon, oxides of vanadium and oxides of antimony, for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides; to a process for preparing the catalyst composition, to the catalyst composition obtained/obtainable by the process and to use of the same for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for carrying out a chemical reaction in a chemical reactor, in which at least one starting material, which is an organic chemical compound comprising 1 to 80 carbon atoms, is converted into at least one reaction product in a fluid phase in the presence of a film comprising solid catalyst particles, which catalyze said chemical reaction, and comprising an organic polymer in fibrillated form, wherein the mass fraction of the sum of the starting material and of the reaction product based on the total mass of the fluid phase is in the range from 0.01 to 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a die (10) for the extrusion of catalyst molding, catalyst support molding, or adsorbent molding (60) in flow direction (32) of an extrudable composition from an entry side (12) to a discharge side (14) of the die comprising a shell (56) and comprising one or more channel-formers (18) which are displacers of the extrudable composition and which extend in flow direction of the extrudable composition, wherein the channel-formers (18) have been metal-printed. It is preferable that this is free from cavities for receiving extrudable composition which extend at right angles to the flow direction (32) of the extrudable composition, and that this is free from connections running at right angles from channel-formers (18) to the interior side wall (22) of the die (10). The invention further relates to a process for the production, by means of 3D metal printing, of a metal-printed die (10) for the extrusion of catalyst moldings/support moldings (60).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing iron-doped ruthenium-carbon support catalysts and also their use for the selective liquid-phase hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds to the corresponding alcohols, in particular for the hydrogenation of citral to geraniol or nerol or of citronellal to citronellal.

Abstract: Disclosed are an extruded honeycomb catalyst, a process for preparing the catalyst, a method for reducing NOx in the exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine by using the catalyst, and a method for treatment of the emission gas generated from power plant comprising exposing the emission gas to the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-methyl-2-butenol (prenol) and 3-methyl-2-butenal (prenal) from 3-methyl-3-butenol (isoprenol), in which 3-methyl-3-butenol is subjected to a catalytic isomerization over a carbon-supported Pd catalyst in the presence of a gas mixture comprising 1% to 15% by volume of oxygen to obtain a first product mixture, and the first product mixture is subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation over a Pd catalyst comprising SiO2 and/or Al2O3 as support material, or over a carbon-supported Pd/Au catalyst in the presence of a gas mixture comprising 5% to 25% by volume of oxygen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 3-methyl-2-butenol (prenol) and 3-methyl-2-butenal (prenal) from 3-methyl-3-butenol (isoprenol), in which 3-methyl-3-butenol is subjected to a catalytic isomerization over a carbon-supported Pd catalyst in the presence of a gas mixture comprising 1% to 15% by volume of oxygen to obtain a first product mixture, and the first product mixture is subjected to an oxidative dehydrogenation over a Pd catalyst comprising SiO2 and/or Al2O3 as support material, or over a carbon-supported Pd/Au catalyst in the presence of a gas mixture comprising 5% to 25% by volume of oxygen.

Abstract: A catalyst composition comprising—a support comprising TiO2,—a composite oxide containing vanadium and antimony, which has a rutile-type structure different from VSbO 4 and V0.92Sb0.92O4 as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis with CuK? radiation, and—optionally, one or more selected from the group consisting of oxides of silicon, oxides of vanadium and oxides of antimony, for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides; to a process for preparing the catalyst composition, to the catalyst composition obtained/obtainable by the process and to use of the same for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing iron-doped ruthenium-carbon support catalysts and also their use for the selective liquid-phase hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds to the corresponding alcohols, in particular for the hydrogenation of citral to geraniol or nerol or of citronellal to citronellal.

Abstract: Supported noble metal-comprising catalysts which can be obtained by a1) application of a noble metal compound, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to a support material, then drying, and a2) application of a reducing agent to a support material, then drying, wherein steps a1) and a2) are repeated simultaneously or in alternating turns, or wherein either of the compounds is applied entirely and then the other one is applied entirely, b) optionally afterwards drying of the resulting product, and c) subsequent calcination, its use, especially for oxidative dehydrogenation and a process for producing it.

Abstract: Supported noble metal-comprising catalysts which can be obtained by a1) application of a noble metal compound, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to a support material, then drying, and a2) application of a reducing agent to a support material, then drying, wherein steps a1) and a2) are repeated simultaneously or in alternating turns, or wherein either of the compounds is applied entirely and then the other one is applied entirely, b) optionally afterwards drying of the resulting product, and c) subsequent calcination, its use, especially for oxidative dehydrogenation and a process for producing it.

Abstract: A process for preparing formic acid by hydrogenation of carbon dioxide in the presence of a tertiary amine (I), a diamine (II), a polar solvent and a catalyst comprising gold at a pressure of from 0.2 to 30 MPa abs and a temperature of from 0 to 200° C., wherein the catalyst is a heterogeneous catalyst comprising gold.

Abstract: A process for preparing shaped catalyst bodies whose active composition is a multielement oxide, in which a finely divided precursor mixture with addition of graphite having a specific particle size is shaped to the desired geometry and then treated thermally.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method for producing acetaldehyde and/or acetic acid, according to which method a gaseous flow, containing molecular oxygen, ethanol and at least one impurity selected from sulphur compounds, is brought into contact at a high temperature with a sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst. The ethanol is preferably obtained from a biomass. Said sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst comprises, for example, vanadium oxide and at least one oxide of zirconium, titanium and aluminium. In one embodiment, the gaseous flow is converted, on the sulphur-resistant oxidation catalyst, into a first oxidation mixture, acetaldehyde being the predominant oxidation product, and said first oxidation mixture is converted, on another oxidation catalyst, into a second oxidation mixture, acetic acid being the predominant oxidation product. Said other oxidation catalyst comprises, for example, a multi-metal oxide containing at least molybdenum and vanadium.

Abstract: Electrodes and production and use thereof Electrodes, comprising (A) a solid medium through which gas can diffuse, (B) at least one electrically conductive, carbonaceous material, (C) at least one organic polymer, (D) at least one compound of the general formula (I) M1aM2bM3cM4dHeOf ??(I) in particulate form, where the variables are each defined as follows: M1 is selected from Mo, W, V, Nb and Sb, M2 is selected from Fe, Ag, Cu, Ni, Mn and lanthanoids, M3 is selected from B, C, N, Al, Si, P and Sn, M4 ist selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, NH4, Mg, Ca and Sr, a is in the range from 1 to 3, b is in the range from 0.1 to 10, c is in the range from zero to one, d is in the range from zero to one, e is in the range from zero to 5, f is in the range from 1 to 28, and wherein compound of the general formula (I) has a BET surface area in the range from 1 to 300 m2/g.

Abstract: A process comprising: continuously distilling a crude xylylenediamine in a column to form a pure xylylenediamine and a bottom product, wherein the column comprises a distillation column having a side draw and the distillation column is operated under a reduced pressure and a bottom temperature of 185° C. or less; drawing off the pure xylylenediamine from the side draw; evaporatively concentrating the bottom product of the distillation column in an additional evaporation stage to form a condensate; and returning the condensate into the distillation column.

Abstract: Electrodes, comprising (A) a solid medium through which gas can diffuse, (B) at least one electrically conductive, carbonaceous material, (C) at least one organic polymer, (D) at least one compound of the general formula (I) M1aM2bM3cM4dHeOf??(I) in particulate form, where the variables are each defined as follows: M1 is selected from Mo, W, V, Nb and Sb, M2 is selected from Fe, Ag, Cu, Ni, Mn and lanthanoids, M3 is selected from B, C, N, Al, Si, P and Sn, M4 is selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, NH4, Mg, Ca and Sr, a is in the range from 1 to 3, b is in the range from 0.1 to 10, c is in the range from zero to one, d is in the range from zero to one, e is in the range from zero to 0.5, f is in the range from 1 to 28, and wherein compound of the general formula (I) has a BET surface area in the range from 1 to 300 m2/g.

Abstract: Processes for preparing a xylylenediamine by continuous hydrogenation, wherein the processes comprise: introducing a liquid circulation stream comprising a phthalonitrile and ammonia into a reactor to continuously hydrogenate the phthalonitrile in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst and the ammonia such that a reactor effluent comprising the xylylenediamine is formed; drawing off a portion of the reactor effluent to provide a first recycle stream; mixing at least a portion of the first recycle stream in a mixing unit with liquid ammonia and fresh phthalonitrile in solid or molten form to provide a second recycle stream; and recycling the second recycle stream to the liquid circulation stream, or wherein the second recycle stream and any remaining unmixed portion of the first recycle stream are both recycled to the liquid circulation stream.